Baulme-la-Roche

Baulme-la-Roche
Commune
A general view of Baulme-la-Roche
Coat of arms
Location of Baulme-la-Roche
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Coordinates: 47°20′48″N 4°47′59″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Talant
Intercommunality	Ouche et Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raphaël Véjux[1]
Area ^1	6.69 km^2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	92
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21051 /21410
Elevation	360–596 m (1,181–1,955 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baulme-la-Roche (French pronunciation: [bo(l)m la ʁɔʃ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Rochebalmiens or Rochebalmiennes.[4]

Geography

View of the commune

Baulme-la-Roche is located some 17 km west by north-west of Dijon and 8 km north-east of Sombernon. Access to the commune is by the D104C from Mâlain in the south which passes through the commune and the village and continues north-east to join the D10 south-east of Panges. The Paris–Marseille railway passes through the commune and the entrance to the Blaisy-Bas Tunnel is in the commune. The nearest station is at Malain south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland but there are extensive forests - especially in the east.[5][6]

The Douix river rises in the west of the commune and flows south-east to join the Ouche east of Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche. The Ruisseau de Baulme-la-Roche rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-west to join the Douix.[5][6]

Toponymy

Baulme-la-Roche appears as Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

Heraldry

Arms of Baulme-la-Roche

Blazon: Party per fess, at 1 party per pale, Argent a cross Gules charged with 5 roses and Azure a dexter arm carnation vested Argent holds a crozier of Or; at 2 Azure, a mountain of 3 hillocks of Or; all debruised by a barrulet on the division charged with a fess wavy of Azure.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

From	To	Name
2001	2011	Gisèle Monot
2011	2014	Jean Luc Gourdin
2014	2026	Raphaël Véjux

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 90 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 357 —     1800 329 −1.16% 1806 335 +0.30% 1821 314 −0.43% 1831 300 −0.46% 1836 284 −1.09% 1841 249 −2.60% 1846 393 +9.56% 1851 392 −0.05% 1856 244 −9.05% 1861 239 −0.41% 1866 222 −1.46% 1872 198 −1.89% 1876 238 +4.71% 1881 234 −0.34% 1886 214 −1.77% 1891 211 −0.28% 1896 195 −1.56%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 177 −1.92% 1906 186 +1.00% 1911 184 −0.22% 1921 150 −2.02% 1926 170 +2.53% 1931 168 −0.24% 1936 156 −1.47% 1946 139 −1.15% 1954 130 −0.83% 1962 120 −1.00% 1968 106 −2.05% 1975 77 −4.46% 1982 88 +1.93% 1990 100 +1.61% 1999 118 +1.86% 2007 125 +0.72% 2012 108 −2.88% 2017 90 −3.58%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Baulme-la-Roche

Culture and heritage

The Fountain

The Parish Church

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse (16th century)[12]
• A House (1807)[13]
• A Farmhouse (18th century)[14]
• A House (19th century)[15]
• A Blacksmith's House (1818)[16]
• A Fountain at Rue Landel (1822)[17]
• Houses and farms (17th-19th century)[18]
• A Fountain at la Dhuys (1822)[19]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Benedictine Priory (1502)[20]
• The Parish Church of Saint Martin (15th century)[21]

The Church contains a large number of items that are registered as historical objects. In total, including civil heritage, there are 40 historical objects in the commune.[22]

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Inhabitants of Côte-d'Or (in French)
5. Baulme-la-Roche on Google Maps
6. Baulme-la-Roche on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. Beaume la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. Beaume la Roche on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. List of Mayors of France (in French)
10. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baulme-la-Roche, EHESS (in French).
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059737 Farmhouse (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059736 House (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059859 Farmhouse (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059740 House (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059742 Blacksmith's House (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00112097 Fountain (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059858 Houses and farms (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 Fountain (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059782 PA21000008 Benedictine Priory (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00059738 IA00059739 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)
22. Base Palissy: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)